Too many fans allowed in Indonesia soccer stadium where stampede took place -minister

Indonesia's chief security minister Mahfud MD said on Sunday that the number of spectators exceeded the capacity of a stadium where there was a crowd stampede that killed 129.

In an Instagram post, he said 42,000 tickets had been issued for a stadium that had a capacity to hold 38,000 people.

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